It may seem strange, but millions of TikTok users are tuning in to watch videos of a viral trend where bottles and jars filled with drinks or food are rolled down steps before shattering.
Keep in mind that these poor guys will be in front of the next service delivery protest, taxi strike, or brawl at a school near you soon, so they need to know what it’s like when the rubber meets the riot shield.
“If you don’t like it here, fine – Just keep my country out of your mouth. Find a f***ing silver lining or just keep quiet.”
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While Siv and the legion of commentators quickly pointed out privilege, racism, and a desire to rather be in Perth, another South African sent a ‘message of hope’ to soothe our collective discomfort.
Yes, we know she’s from Benoni, but where she calls home they struggle with the Tron part. Insisting on using an unpronounceable name makes as much sense as Wesley’s snor.
For those who were lucky enough to have girlfriends or boyfriends during the nineties, Magic: The Gathering was the first trading card game and has approximately forty million players worldwide, with over twenty billion Magic cards produced. But only One Ring.
TikTok for people who can read? Why not. The video streaming app that brought us the bottle-flip says it will offer text-only posts as competition between social media giants heats up.
Many South Africans have immigrated to Australia in the last few decades, be it to avoid load shedding, crime, or any of the myriad of issues we are dealing with. Few of them were however prepared for the wildlife freakshow that awaited them down under, something the eager immigration consultants never talk about.
With South Africans growing more and more frazzled by the day as a seemingly endless wave of crime washes over us, the government needs to be clear when they put these bills together.
Poor Kylie though. Old age is the one thing that gets us all in the end. If her beauty really does get to the point where money and some Botox no longer work, she can just transition like Caitlyn. Nobody ever throws shade at the way men age. Just ask George Clooney and Jack Nicholson.
South Africa’s second official musical instrument, after the vuvuzela, is the blaring sound of an alarm, and according to a video doing the rounds, people have zero sh*ts left to give.
At this rate, TikTok trends are going to have a higher body count than COVID-19.
This has some serious ‘Final Destination’ vibes to it. A female passenger on an American Airlines flight caused a five-hour delay after she freaked out over someone who was “not real”.
Any writer knows that putting your work out there is a scary experience, especially when you are competing with the usual best-sellers. You’re story, which you put so much love into, can easily disappear into obscurity. Seeing this guy get some love is the sweetest thing.
Footage doing the rounds on social media shows the little guy zipping along with his father before suddenly dropping. Very lucky for the boy, the zipline runs over a lake, and he survived the fall into the water as onlookers rushed to his aid.
Gen Zs might just be having fun with absurdist humour on the internet with the new TikTok trend, but I reckon they’re making more poignant commentary about culture and society than they realise.
The TikToker has since gone viral for showing how going international — flight included — can be even cheaper than a local slice.
I know it sounds hella savoury, but you’ll be glad to know this idea has nothing to do with mouldy mattresses, potential bed bugs, and broken bed bases.
The now-not-deceased father explained that “I never get invited to anything. Nobody sees me. We all grew apart. I felt unappreciated.”
According to a recent spate of viral videos, you can apparently grow a huge following as you twerk yourself into the hearts of fans from inside of your prison cell. It’s probably not a good idea though.
We focus on all the big stars and their lavish lifestyles way too much. Sometimes the brightest stars are right on our doorstep.
It’s not only blurry Mars images that get scrutinised by nerds in basement apartments. These dwellers of converted laundry rooms also pour over the latest Disney movies in hopes that they will spot some hidden Easter egg that would make them a conspiracy superstar.
These mystery boxes are supposedly bought from the dark web, and even the people who order them have no idea what they contain, but considering it’s from the part of the internet where you can buy a new lung, it most likely doesn’t contain an alpaca wool scarf and some M&M’s.
A brave black woman called out the man sitting next to her on a four-hour flight after spotting his racist and homophobic texts.
Cliched, attention-seeking, and about as romantic as Valentine’s at Mcdonalds. These are some of the words people use to describe me as well as TikTok wedding proposal at Disneyland.
A couple visiting a US Zoo posted the sweetest video to TikTok of a mother Orangutan named Amber asking to see their 2-month-old baby and it’s just what we all need on a Monday.
Someone got shot and the cops rocked up to string some police tape while everyone goes about their business. Just another day in SA.
Some people are really brave for getting out of bed in the morning and making their beds. Others are considered brave for booping the snoot of wild sharks in deep waters and evading the snap of their jaws.
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